# puppeteer/replay

Library that provides an API to replay and stringify recordings created using Chrome DevTools Recorder

Repository: https://github.com/puppeteer/replay
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/replay
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: puppeteer, javascript, automation, devtools
Last push: 2026-08-16T01:03:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1674, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 97, "gap_med": 11.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1367, forks 596 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.426494+00:00)

## What it is
A TypeScript library providing an API to replay and stringify user flow recordings created with Chrome DevTools Recorder. It includes a CLI for replaying recordings and supports customization and transformation into other test formats.

## Use cases
- replay chrome devtools recorder recordings
- convert chrome recorder json to cypress scripts
- run recorded browser user flows as automated tests
- transform user flow recordings into test scripts
- capture screenshots after each step of a recording
- replay browser automation recordings via cli

## When to choose
- you record user flows with Chrome DevTools Recorder and want to replay them programmatically
- you need to convert recorder JSON into Cypress, Nightwatch, or WebdriverIO test scripts
- you want to customize how recorded browser sessions are executed

## When to avoid
- you need a full standalone e2e testing framework rather than a replay library
- your tests were not recorded with Chrome DevTools Recorder
- you need non-Chromium browser support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: testing, e2e-testing, cli, serialization
- domain: testing, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: chrome-devtools-recorder, puppeteer, user-flows, test-recording, typescript, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- puppeteer/replay (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.426494+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:09.099720+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/puppeteer/replay (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.426494+00:00, sha af26d0a504f8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.